Training offer: Nature Masterclasses on-demand courses
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Develop your research skills anytime, anywhere
The doctoral schools have established a unique partnership with Nature Masterclasses, giving all UHasselt PhD researchers, postdoctoral researchers and staff members free access to the full Nature Masterclasses on-demand platform throughout this academic year.
This is a unique opportunity to benefit from a premium professional development platform that would normally require an individual subscription. Thanks to the UHasselt institutional licence, you can access a comprehensive catalogue of 24 high-quality courses and 10 webinars at no personal cost, developed and delivered by leading research experts, experienced trainers and Nature Portfolio editors.
Whether you want to strengthen your research skills, become a more effective communicator, develop your leadership potential or prepare for the next step in your career, Nature Masterclasses offers flexible online learning that fits around your schedule. Courses are delivered through short, engaging modules that can be followed anytime and anywhere, allowing you to learn at your own pace. From designing experiments and publishing papers to science communication, collaboration, leadership and career development, the platform supports researchers across the entire research lifecycle. It also covers a broad range of transferable skills that are increasingly important for success both within and beyond academia.
Take advantage of this exclusive opportunity and make the most of a world-class learning resource that is available to you free of charge through the doctoral schools!
Why use Nature Masterclasses?
- Free access to a comprehensive catalogue of high-quality courses at no personal cost
- Course offer for every stage of your research journey
- Learn at your own pace
- Accessible online whenever it suits your schedule
- Short and flexible learning modules
- Developed by Nature Portfolio editors and international experts
- Practical resources and real-world examples
- Certificates available upon completion of the courses
- Opportunity to obtain acknowledgement for completed courses in your doctoral schools portfolio (for PhD students)
Course offer & acknowledgments
Every completed course (not webinars) comes with a certificate of completion. PhD students can use this certificate to apply for acknowledgement in their doctoral schools portfolio by simply emailing it to dsrequirements@uhasselt.be as proof of participation.
Write & publish
- Writing a Research Paper (1 - 7 - 8)
- Publishing a Research Paper (1 - 7 - 8)
- Writing and Publishing a Review Paper (1 - 7 - 8)
- Choosing the Best Journal for Your Paper (3 - 7 - 8)
- Research Integrity: Publication Ethics (4 - 6 - 9)
- Focus on Peer Review (4 - 6 - 9)
- AI in Academic Writing and Publishing - Webinar recording (1)
- Strenghtening Your Reviews - Webinar recording (1)
- Strategies for Choosing Your Journal - Webinar recording (1)
- Mastering Your Manuscript Revisions - Webinar recording (1)
- Navigating Scientific Writing - Webinar recording (1)
Design research
- Experiments: From Idea to Design (3 - 7 - 8)
- Designing Your Research with Assistance from AI - Webinar recording (1)
Experiment and analyse
- Managing Research Data (3 - 7 - 8)
- Data Analysis: Planning and Preparing (3 - 7 - 8)
- Data Analysis: Conducting and Troubleshooting (3 - 7 - 8)
- Interpreting Scientific Results (3 - 7 - 8)
Secure funding
- Persuasive Grant Writing (3 - 7 - 8)
- Finding Funding Opportunities (3 - 7 - 8)
- Demystifying Grant Budgets - Webinar recording (1)
Share and disseminate
- Narrative Tools for Researchers (2 - 7 - 8)
- Maximising the Impact of Your Paper (2 - 8)
- Effective Science Communication (2 - 7 - 8)
- Advancing Your Scientific Presentations (2 - 7 - 8)
- Creating Successful Research Posters (2 - 7 - 8)
- Promoting Your Research Online - Webinar recording (1)
- Increasing your Visibility Using Social Media - Webinar Recording (1)
Develop your career
- Building a Strong Online Researcher Profile (1)
- Getting an Academic Research Position (5 - 7 - 10)
- Leveraging Your Online Researcher Profile - Webinar recording (1)
Work with others
- Introduction to Collaboration (5 - 10)
- Participating in a Collaboration (5 - 7 - 10)
- Leading a Collaboration (5 - 7 - 10)
- Networking for Researchers (5 - 7 - 10)
REQUIREMENTS LEGEND:
DOCTORAL SCHOOL SCIENCES & TECHNOLOGY
1 - Seminar/research presentation from external speaker
2 - Scientific & generic communication
3 - Research management
4 - Ethics & research integrity
5 - Career & personal development
DOCTORAL SCHOOL HEALTH & LIFE SCIENCES
6 - Scientific skills - course on ethics & research integrity
7 - Transferable skills
DOCTORAL SCHOOL BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES & HUMANITIES
8 - Research management & communication skills
9 - Ethics & integrity
10 - Career management & personal development
Looking for the right course?
| Your goal | Suggested starting point |
|---|---|
| Publish a paper | Writing a Research Paper |
| Select a journal | Choosing the Best Journal for Your Paper |
| Apply for funding | Persuasive Grant Writing |
| Improve presentations | Advancing Your Scientific Presentations |
| Expand your network | Networking for Researchers |
| Strengthen research design | Experiments: From Idea to Design |
Competences
An important part of preparing for any further professional step is becoming (more) aware of the competences you have developed and/or want to develop. In the current workshop, the following competences from the UHasselt competency overview are actively dealt with:
- academic research competences
- personal effectiveness
- interpersonal competences
- intellectual competences
- task-orientedness
Practicalities
Who can access the platform?
- PhD students and postdocs
- all (academic & non-academic) staff of Hasselt University
- The subscription is provided by the Doctoral Schools and gives free access to all available courses on the platform.
How to get started?
First-time users
- Go to Nature Masterclasses registration page
- Select 'Hasselt University'
- Create your account
- Log in using your UHasselt credentials
- Verify your registration via the confirmation e-mail
- Start exploring the available courses
Returning users
Simply log in using your existing account and institutional credentials.
Questions or having trouble accessing the courses?
We are currently in a testing phase, during which the Hasselt University and the Nature Masterclasses platform systems are being fine-tuned to work together. As a result, you may occasionally experience some difficulties when logging in or accessing the courses.
If you do not immediately see the 24 online courses and 10 webinars available to Hasselt University users, click on the three horizontal lines in the top-left corner of the page and select the full course catalogue. You should then be able to see all courses included in our institutional access. If this does not work, it may help to log out and log in again. When logging in, make sure to select Hasselt University as your institution and always use your UHasselt staff email address. This is important to ensure that the system recognises you as a Hasselt University user and gives you access to the full catalogue.
If you still only see the free courses, or experience any other problems when logging in or accessing the catalogue, please contact us (doctoralschools@uhasselt.be). We would appreciate hearing from you so that we can follow up on any access issues during this testing phase.